Hesper, the Home-Spirit
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Doten Lizzie. Hesper, the Home-Spirit
CHAPTER I. A WELCOME VISITOR
CHAPTER II. THE “LITTLE WIFE.”
CHAPTER III. HESPER AND HER FATHER
CHAPTER IV. MOSE
CHAPTER V. THE GREYSONS AND GRIMSBYS
CHAPTER VI. AUNT BETSEY
CHAPTER VII. A FAIR ATTEMPT
CHAPTER VIII. POOR SUCCESS
CHAPTER IX. HESPER’S NEW FROCK
CHAPTER X. A GREAT SECRET
CHAPTER XI. JULIANA
CHAPTER XII. NEW PROSPECTS FOR MOSE
CHAPTER XIII. A BUSY TIME
CHAPTER XIV. AUNT BETSEY UNDER DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XV. SIMPLE JOHNNY
CHAPTER XVI. THE SHEPHERD’S CALL
CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW HOME
CHAPTER XVIII. A PLEASANT SURPRISE
CHAPTER XIX. MR. BYERS ON MATRIMONY
CHAPTER XX. THE THANKSGIVING DINNER
CHAPTER XXI. A NEW PHASE OF FEELING
CHAPTER XXII. THE STRANGER GUEST
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHARITY SCHOOL
CHAPTER XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE
CHAPTER XXV. A HEART BLEEDING IN SECRET
CHAPTER XXVI. LIVING FOR OTHERS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE EVENING STAR
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It was a cool, clear, autumn evening, and the full harvest-moon was pouring down a flood of mellow light upon the hills and vallies, when the worthy Mr. Byers emerged from the village post-office, and made his way as fast as his age and corpulence would permit, in the direction of “Locust Cottage.” This was a small, low, red farmhouse, situated in a green nook of the hills, and at present, owned and occupied solely by an excellent quaker lady, widely known as Aunt Nyna. Mr. Byers was evidently in haste, but his progress though labored, was not rapid. His short, thick legs, did not allow of very extended strides, and he went puffing and blowing at every few steps, like a locomotive. The way was, however, in reality, long, and it was with no small satisfaction, after some fifteen or twenty minutes toilsome walk, that he saw a bright light glimmering through the branches of the locusts, from the cottage windows. Pausing one moment to take breath, before entering the green lane which led directly to the cottage, he drew a letter from his pocket, and scrutinized it closely in the moonlight.
“That is certainly from over sea,” he muttered to himself, “and just the one she wanted. Lord bless her! how glad she will be!”
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“Yes, yes,” said the old gentleman nervously, as he seized the open volume from the stand; “I have no doubt you do. Let’s see, where is it, and what is it about?” He drew his time-worn spectacle case from his pocket, and taking out the big, clumsily-bowed glasses, placed them upon his nose.
“It’s what the Apostle says about charity, Mr. Byers, and I should think by the way it reads that it was a very good thing.”
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